Mario Kart Stadium
- This article is about the race course from Mario Kart 8. For its musical theme, see Mario Kart Stadium (theme).
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| Appears in | Mario Kart 8 (2014) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) | ||||||||||||||
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Mario Kart Stadium is the introductory course of Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and is the first race of the Mushroom Cup. It is a basic circuit taking place in an autodrome stadium full of advertisements and banners of the players with fireworks in the background, with spectator capacity around 20,000 based on the number of sprites. The course also has a big city in the background. This is the first course to be named after the Mario Kart series itself. This course also makes Mario Kart 8 the first game in the series (excluding the arcade games) where the first course in the game is not called a circuit, despite the overall design still being a circuit-type track.
Course layout[edit]
The course begins with a short pit straight followed by a right turn. The racers then turn right with three colored paths that stay together: an inner blue path (with an apex), a yellow path in the center that says "Mushroom Cup" on it, and an outer red path with Dash Panels and coins. The track then approaches the anti-gravity part followed by a left turn. Next, the racers then go up and down a raised hairpin turn, followed by a gliding area before ending with one more left turn to the finish line, which also has an outer red path with three Dash Panels and a ramp at the end.
It is the only course in the Mushroom Cup to not have an underwater section.
At the start of the course, various pit areas can be seen, with each one of them containing a screen of the course's map on it. Other courses containing their own map are Water Park, Rainbow Road, GCN Yoshi Circuit, and, in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Merry Mountain.
Shortcuts[edit]
- The first turn can be cut off using a Dash Mushroom or other boosting item.
- Just before the path splits in three, the player can use a boosting item to make a sharp turn between the pipes.
- This shortcut can be taken itemless and be faster if the player charges a Super Mini-Turbo and releases it in the off-road in between the pipe and the wall before hopping out of the off-road.
- The turn following the anti-gravity strip features a ramp with an Item Box that can be reached using a boosting item, skipping the second row of Item Boxes.
- This ramp can be reached itemless by first charging a Mini-Turbo with a left drift, releasing said Mini-Turbo and hopping to the right onto the ramp.
- The turn following the second row of Item Boxes features a grass patch that can be taken using a boosting item.
- It is possible to skip over this grass patch itemless. The player must charge a Mini-Turbo using a right drift, and then release it and hop just before reaching the off-road. If executed properly, the player will lose little speed to the off-road and be able to begin a left drift for the following hairpin turn. Multiple hops may be needed to exit the off-road.
- The final turn features a sand patch that can be taken using a boosting item.
- It is possible to pass over this sand patch itemless while in a glider in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The player must charge an Ultra Mini-Turbo starting from the final hairpin turn of the anit-gravity section. The player must allign themselves to be able to release the Ultra Mini-Turbo when they reach the point where the Glide Ramp and wall meet. Once released and the player begins gliding, the player must pull back on the glider and allign themselves to land on the final straightaway leading to the finish line.
Brands[edit]
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Gallery[edit]
The course icon
The full course icon
Results screen
An overview of the whole course
The only anti-gravity section of the course
The finish line
Pauline on the course
Roy at the starting line
The ramp
A released screenshot of the course revealing the name of the track
The stamp obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Gu_FirstCircuit | Grand Prix U First Circuit; shares its internal name with the internal name of Mario Bros. Circuit |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | マリオカートスタジアム Mario Kāto Sutajiamu |
Mario Kart Stadium | [1] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 马力欧卡丁车竞技场 Mǎlì'ōu Kǎdīngchē Jìngjìchǎng (Mandarin) Máhlihk'āu Kādīngchē Gihnggeihchèuhng (Cantonese) |
Mario Kart Arena | [1] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 瑪利歐賽車競技場 Mǎlì'ōu Sàichē Jìngjìchǎng (Mandarin) Máhleih'āu Choichē Gihnggeihchèuhng (Cantonese) |
Mario Kart Arena | [1] | |
| Dutch | Mario Kart-Stadion | Mario Kart Stadium | [1] | |
| French | Champidrome | Mushdrome | Portmanteau of champignon ("mushroom") and autodrome ("motordrome") | [1] |
| German | Mario Kart-Stadion | Mario Kart Stadium | [1] | |
| Italian | Stadio Mario Kart | Mario Kart Stadium | [1] | |
| Korean | 마리오 카트 스타디움 Mario Kateu Seutadium |
Mario Kart Stadium | [1] | |
| Portuguese | Estádio Mario Kart | Mario Kart Stadium | [1] | |
| Russian | Стадион Mario Kart Stadion Mario Kart |
Mario Kart Stadium | [1] | |
| Spanish | Estadio Mario Kart | Mario Kart Stadium | [1] |
